Ordo for the Franciscan Friars Minor

Note: Any saints, blessed, venerables, or servants of God listed in this ordo in brackets are not
celebrated liturgically. Some were removed from the calendar after Vatican II, or only recently
beatified, canonized, or added to the list of Doctors of the Church. These are usually the anniversaries
of their deaths, or, if they are saints or blesseds, they are only celebrated locally.

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JANUARY
1.     THE OCTAVE DAY OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD SOLEMNITY OF MARY,

THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD Solemnity
 

2. SS. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and Doctors of the Church Memorial
 

3. The Most Holy Name of Jesus Memorial
 

4. (USA) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious Memorial
 

5. (USA) St. John Neumann, CSsR, bishop Memorial
(USA) Bl. Didacus Joseph (Diego Jose) of Cadiz, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
(transferred from March 24)
 

6 th (USA) St. Andre Bessette, CSC, religious
 

7. St. Angela of Foligno, religious (III Order only) -or- St. Raymond of Penyafort, OP, priest
 

12. St. Bernard of Corleone, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

13. St. Hilary, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 

14. Bl. Odoric of Pordenone, OFM, priest and missionary
 

16. SS. Berard and companions, OFM, Proto-martyrs of the Seraphic Order Memorial
 

17. St. Antony of the Desert, hermit and abbot Memorial
 

19. St. Eustochia Calafato, Poor Clare, virgin (II Order only)
 

20. St. Fabian, pope and martyr, St. Sebastian, martyr
 

21. St. Agnes, virgin and martyr Memorial
 

22. (USA) Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

Take Office of the day. When January 22 falls on Sunday, this is transferred to January 23.

 

23. (USA) St. Marianne Cope, OSF, virgin, III Order Franciscan
(USA) St. Vincent of Saragossa, deacon and martyr
 

24. St. Francis de Sales, bishop and Doctor of the Church, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

25. THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE Feast
 

26. SS. Timothy and Titus, bishops Memorial
 

27. St. Angela Merici, virgin, III Order Franciscan
 

28. St. Thomas Aquinas, OP, priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial
[Servant of God, Juniper of Assisi, OFM]
 

30. St. Hyacinth Marescotti, virgin, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

31. St. John Bosco, priest, III Order Franciscan Memorial
(USA) Sunday between January 2 and January 8, inclusive:
THE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity
 

(USA) Sunday after January 6:
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast
 

If the Epiphany falls on January 7 or 8, this is celebrated on the following Monday.
Ordinary Time begins.

FEBRUARY

(In February, any memorials in Lent are demoted to commemorations. Should a Feast fall on Ash
Wednesday, it is not celebrated that year.)
 

2. THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Feast
 

3. St. Blaise, bishop and martyr/St. Ansgar, bishop
 

4. St. Joseph of Leonessa, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
 

5. St. Agatha, virgin and martyr Memorial
 

6. SS. Peter Baptist, OFM, Paul Miki, SJ, and companions, Martyrs of Nagasaki, Japan Memorial

 

7. ST. COLETTE OF CORBIE, VIRGIN, ABBESS, FOUNDRESS OF THE COLETTINE POOR CLARES AND REFORM Feast

 

8. St. Jerome Emiliani, priest -or- St. Josephine Bakhita, virgin
 

9. Bl. Leopoldo Marquez Sanchez of Alpandiere, OFM Cap, priest Memorial/[Bl. Maria Theresia Bonzel, OSF, virgin (III Order)]
 

10. St. Scholastica, OSB, virgin Memorial
 

11. Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial (for FFMs)
 

14. SS. Cyril (Constantine), monk, and Methodius, bishops Memorial [St. Valentine, priest and martyr]
 

17. Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order, religious
 

19. St. Conrad Confalonieri of Piacenza, hermit (III Order only)
 

21. St. Peter Damian, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 

22. THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE Feast
 

23. St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr Memorial
 

27. [St. Gregory of Narek, priest and Doctor of the Church]
 

40th day (not counting Sundays) before Easter: ASH WEDNESDAY Day of Fast and Abstinence
Lent begins.
 

Sunday after Ash Wednesday: 1 st Sunday of Lent

MARCH

(In March, all memorials in Lent are demoted to commemorations. If they fall in Holy Week or the
Octave of Easter, they are not celebrated that year. Any Feasts falling on Ash Wednesday, in Holy
Week, or the Octave of Easter are not celebrated that year. Solemnities that do so are transferred to a
suitable date.)
 

2. St. Agnes of Prague, Bohemia, Poor Clare, virgin
 

3. (USA) St. Katharine Drexel, virgin
 

4. St. Casimir, prince
 

5. [St. John Joseph of the Cross, OFM, priest]
 

7. SS. Perpetua and Felicity, martyrs Memorial
 

8. St. John of God, religious
 

9. St. Frances of Rome, religious, III Order Franciscan
 

12. Bl. Angela Salawa, virgin (III Order) Commemoration
 

13. Anniversary of the Election of Jorge Cardinal Bergoglio as Pope Francis (2013)
 

17. St. Patrick, bishop Commemoration
 

18. St. Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop and Doctor of the Church Commemoration
 

19. ST. JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity
Anniversary of the installation of Pope Francis (2013)
When this falls in Holy Week, this is transferred to the Saturday before Palm Sunday.
 

20. [Bl. John of Parma, OFM, priest]
 

23. St. Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop Commemoration
 

25. THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD Solemnity
When this falls in Holy Week, Easter Sunday, or the Octave of Easter, this is transferred
to the Monday after Divine Mercy Sunday.

 

End of Lent, Holy Week, and Octave of Easter

4th Sunday of Lent: Laetare Sunday
6th Sunday of Lent (Sunday before Easter):
 

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
Monday through Thursday of Holy Week take precedence over other days.
 

Sacred Paschal Triduum:
Thursday of Holy Week – HOLY THURSDAY:
Mass of Chrism – can be transferred to another day, but near to Easter
Lent ends after None.
MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER – in the evening
FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD (GOOD FRIDAY)
Day of fast and abstinence
HOLY SATURDAY
 

At nightfall: EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT (Easter Vigil Mass)
1 st Sunday after the 1 st full moon after the vernal equinox (1 st day of Spring):
 

EASTER SUNDAY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD Solemnity
 

From Easter Vigil to Sunday of Divine Mercy: OCTAVE OF EASTER
2nd Sunday of Easter season (Sunday after Easter):
 

SUNDAY OF DIVINE MERCY Solemnity

APRIL

(In April, all memorials in Lent are demoted to commemorations. If they fall in Holy Week or the
Octave of Easter, they are not celebrated that year. Any Feasts falling in Holy Week or the Octave of
Easter are not celebrated that year. Solemnities that do so are transferred to a suitable date.)
 

2. St. Francis of Paola, hermit, III Order Franciscan
 

3. Benedict the Black, OFM, religious (I Order) Memorial
 

4. St. Isidore of Seville, bishop and Doctor of the Church/[Bl. Paul (Heath) of St. Magdalen, OFM, priest and martyr]
 

5. St. Mary Cresentia Hoess, virgin (III Order only)/St. Vincent Ferrer, OP, priest
 

7. St. Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, FSC, priest Memorial
 

11. St. Stanislaus, bishop and martyr Memorial
 

13. St. Martin I, pope and martyr
 

16. St. Benedict Joseph Labre, cordbearer (for III Order)/[St. Bernadette Soubirous, virgin, cordbearer]
 

21. St. Conrad of Parzham, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

St. Anselm, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 

23. Bl. Giles of Assisi, OFM, religious Memorial (for FFMs)/St. George, martyr/St. Adalbert, bishop and martyr
 

24. ST. FIDELIS OF SIGMARINGEN, OFM CAP, PRIEST AND PROTO-MARTYR OF THE CAPUCHINS AND PROPAGANDA FIDE Solemnity
 

25. ST. MARK, EVANGELIST Feast
 

28. Bls. Luchesius and Buonadonna of Poggibonsi, spouses and 1st Secular Franciscans
St. Peter Chanel, SM, priest and martyr
St. Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort, priest, III Order Franciscan/(St. Gianna Beretta Molla, lay woman)
 

29. St. Catherine of Siena, OP, virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

30. Bl. Benedict of Urbino, OFM Cap, priest Memorial St. Pius V, pope

MAY

1. St. Joseph the Worker Memorial (for FFMs)
 

2. St. Athanasius, bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

3. SS. PHILIP AND JAMES, APOSTLES Feast
 

4. Bl. Thomas Acerbis of Olera, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

8. Bl. Jeremiah of Walachia, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

9. Catherine de Vigri of Bologna, Poor Clare, virgin (Memorial for II Order only)

 

10. St. Damien de Veuster (St. Damien of Moloka’i), priest, St. John of Avila, priest and Doctor of the Church]
 

11. St. Ignatius of Laconi, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

12. St. Leopold Mandic (of Castelnuovo, Herzegovina), OFM Cap, priest Memorial SS. Nereus and

Achilleus, martyrs St. Pancras, martyr
 

13. Our Lady of Fatima Memorial (for FFMs)
 

14. ST. MATTHIAS, APOSTLE Feast
 

15. (USA) St. Isidore the Laborer, layman
 

16. St. Margaret of Cortona, penitent, III Order Franciscan Memorial (Feast for III Order)

 

17. St. Paschal Baylon, OFM, religious Memorial
 

18. ST. FELIX OF CANTALICE, OFM CAP, RELIGIOUS,1 ST CANONIZED CAPUCHIN Feast/St. John I, pope and martyr
 

19. St. Crispin of Viterbo, OFM Cap, religious Memorial

 

20. ST. BERNARDINE OF SIENA, OFM, PRIEST AND MEMBER OF THE OBSERVANT REFORM Feast
(Capuchin Ordo demotes this to Memorial)

 

21. Bl. Franz Jagerstatter, parent and martyr (III Order Seculars only) SS. Christopher (Cristobal) Magallanes and companions, martyrs of Mexico
 

22. St. Rita of Cascia, OSA, religious
 

24. THE DEDICATION OF THE BASILICA OF ST. FRANCIS, ASSISI Feast
 

25. St. Bede the Venerable, OSB (Venerable Bede), priest and Doctor of the Church/St. Gregory VII, OSB (Hildebrand), pope/St. Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, OCD, virgin
 

26. St. Philip Neri, Cong. Orat., priest, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

27. Bl. Jose Tous y Soler, OFM Cap, priest Memorial/St. Augustine of Canterbury, bishop
 

28. St. Mary Ann of Jesus de Paredes, virgin (Memorial for III Order only)

 

30. St. Camilla Baptista Varano, Poor Clare, virgin (II Order only)/St. Ferdinand III of Castille, king (III Order only)/[St. Joan of Arc, virgin, III Order Franciscan]
 

31. THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Feast

 

End of the Easter Season

(Most of USA) 7th Sunday of Easter season:
THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD Solemnity
(In the ecclesiastical provinces of Boston, Hartford, New York, Newark, Omaha, and Philadelphia, this is kept on Thursday of the 6 th Week of Easter season.)
 

8th Sunday of Easter season:
PENTECOST SUNDAY Solemnity
 

Ordinary Time resumes

Sunday after Pentecost:
 

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY (TRINITY SUNDAY) Solemnity
(USA) 2nd Sunday after Pentecost:
 

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
(CORPUS CHRISTI) Solemnity

 

Thursday following 2nd Sunday after Pentecost:
Vigil of the Sacred Heart
 

Friday following 2nd Sunday after Pentecost:
THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity
 

Saturday following 2nd Sunday after Pentecost:
THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity (for FFMs)

JUNE

1. St. Justin, martyr Memorial
 

2. St. Felix of Nicosia, OFM Cap, religious Memorial -or- SS. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs
 

3. SS. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs of Uganda Memorial
 

5. St. Boniface, bishop and martyr Memorial
 

6. St. Norbert, O. Praem., bishop
 

8. Bl. Nicholas (Serra) of Gesturi, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

9. St. Ephrem, deacon and Doctor of the Church
 

11. St. Barnabas, apostle Memorial
 

12. Bl. Florida of Cevoli, Capuchin Poor Clare, virgin Memorial Bl. Jolenta of Poland, duchess, Poor Clare, religious (II Order only)
 

13. ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, OFM, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Feast
 

16. Bls. Anizet Koplin and companions, OFM Cap, Martyrs of the Nazi persecution in Poland Memorial
(note: for Capuchin companions on these days, include those names in the Capuchin Litany, but
they need not to be said individually)
 

19. St. Romuald, Er. Cam., abbot
 

21. St. Aloysius Gonzaga, SJ, religious Memorial
 

22. SS. John Fisher, bishop, and Thomas More, martyrs, III Order Franciscans/St. Paulinus of Nola, bishop
 

23. Vigil of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
 

24. THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Solemnity
 

26. Bl. Andrew Giacinto Longhin, OFM Cap, bishop Memorial Bl. Jacques Haddad of Ghazir, OFM Cap, priest Memorial (note: please choose one or the other this day, not both)
[St. Josemaria Escriva, OD, priest]

 

27. St. Cyril of Alexandria, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 

28. St. Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Memorial/Vigil of SS. Peter and Paul
 

29. SS. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Solemnity
 

30. Bl. Raymond Lull, martyr (III Order only)/The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church

JULY

1. (USA) St. Junipero Serra, OFM, priest and missionary
 

3. ST. THOMAS, APOSTLE Feast
 

4. (USA) Independence Day
 

5. (USA) St. Elizabeth of Portugal, queen, III Order Franciscan St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria, priest
 

6. St. Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
 

8. Bls. Gregory Grassi and companions, OFM, martyrs
 

9. SS. Nicholas Pick and companions, OFM, martyrs Memorial
St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, martyrs
 

10. ST. VERONICA GIULIANI, CAPUCHIN POOR CLARE, VIRGIN Feast
 

11. St. Benedict, abbot Memorial
 

12. SS. John Jones and John Wall, OFM, martyrs SS. Louis Martin and Marie-Azelie Guerin, spouses,
Parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, III Order Franciscans

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13. Bl. Angeline of Marsciano, religious(Memorial for III Order only) St. Henry, king
 

14. (USA) St. Kateri Tekakwitha, virgin Memorial
 

15. ST. BONAVENTURE, OFM, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Feast

 

16. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Memorial

(USA) St. Francis Solano, OFM, priest and missionary
 

18. (USA) St. Camillus de Lellis, priest, III Order Franciscan
 

20. St. Apollinaris, bishop and martyr
 

21. LAWRENCE OF BRINDISI, OFM CAP, PRIEST AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Feast

 

22. St. Mary Magdalene, penitent Memorial
 

23. St. Cunegunda (Kinga) of Poland, Poor Clare, religious (II Order only)
St. Bridget of Sweden, religious, III Order Franciscan
 

24. Bl. Louise of Savoy, Poor Clare, religious (II Order only) -or- St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest, hermit
 

25. ST. JAMES, APOSTLE Feast
 

26. SS. Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial
 

27. Bl. Mary Magdalen Martinengo, Capuchin Poor Clare, virgin Memorial
 

28. Bl. Maria Teresa Kowalska, Capuchin Poor Clare, virgin and martyr of the Nazi persecution in Poland Memorial Bl. Mattia Nazarei, Poor Clare, virgin, abbess (II Order only)
 

29. St. Martha, laywoman Memorial
 

30. St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop and Doctor of the Church
 

31. St. Ignatius of Loyola, SJ, priest Memorial -or- Blessed Solanus Casey, OFM Cap

AUGUST

1. St. Alphonsus Ligouri, CSsR, bishop and Doctor of the Church, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

2. OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS OF THE PORZIUNCULA Solemnity (for FFMs)

St. Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop -or- St. Peter Julian Eymard, priest
 

4. St. Jean-Marie Vianney, priest and III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

5. Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Sancta Maria Maggiore), Rome Memorial (for FFMs)
 

6. THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD Feast
 

7. Bls. Agathangelus of Vandome and Cassian of Nantes, OFM Cap, priests and martyrs Memorial
SS. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs
St. Cajetan, priest
 

8. HOLY FATHER ST. DOMINIC, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE ORDER OF PREACHERS (OP), 1 ST CORDBEARER Feast

 

9. Bl. Mary Frances Rubatto, virgin (III Order only) St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, OCD (Edith Stein),
virgin and martyr

 

10. ST. LAWRENCE, DEACON AND MARTYR Feast
 

11. HOLY MOTHER ST. CLARE OF ASSISI, VIRGIN, ABBESS,

CO-FOUNDRESS OF THE SECOND ORDER (POOR CLARES) Solemnity

 

12. St. Jane Frances de Chantal, religious, III Order Franciscan
 

13. Bl. Mark Cristofori of Aviano, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
SS. Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs -or- St. John Berchmans, SJ, priest
 

14. St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, OFM Conv, priest and martyr Memorial
 

15. THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Solemnity
 

16. St. Roch of Montpellier, layman (III Order only) St. Stephen of Hungary, king
 

17. St. Beatrice of Silva, virgin, foundress of Conceptionist Poor Clares 

 

18. Bls. John Louis Loir and companions, OFM Cap, martyrs Of Rochefort, France Memorial
(note: for Capuchin companions on these days, include those names in the Capuchin Litany, but
they need not to be said individually)
 

19. St. Louis of Toulouse (Anjou), OFM, bishop Memorial

(Capuchin Ordo demotes it to optional memorial) -or- St. John Eudes, priest
 

20. St. Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist, abbot and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

21. St. Pius X, pope, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

22. THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Feast (for FFMs)
 

23. Bl. Bernard of Offida, OFM Cap, religious Memorial St. Rose of Lima, OP, virgin
 

24. ST. BARTHOLOMEW (NATHANIEL), APOSTLE Feast
 

25. St. Louis IX of France, king, patron of the Third Order Memorial (Feast for III Order) St. Joseph Calasanz, priest
 

27. St. Monica, laywoman Memorial
 

28. St. Augustine of Hippo, bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

29. The Passion of St. John the Baptist Memorial

SEPTEMBER

2. Bls. Apollinaris of Posat, OFM Cap, John Francis Burte, OFM, Severin Girault, TOR, Jean-Baptiste Triquiere, OFM Conv, and companions, martyrs of the French Revolution Memorial
 

3. St. Gregory the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

4. St. Rose of Viterbo, virgin (Memorial for III Order only)

 

5. St. Teresa of Calcutta, MC (Mother Teresa), virgin
 

8. THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Feast (upgrade to Solemnity?)

 

9. (USA) St. Peter Claver, SJ, priest and missionary Memorial
 

12. The Most Holy Name of Mary Memorial (for FFMs)
 

13. St. John Chrysostom, bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

14. THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS Feast
 

15. Our Lady of Sorrows Memorial
 

16. St. Cornelius, pope, and Cyprian, bishop, martyrs Memorial Vigil of the Stigmata of St. Francis
 

17. THE STIGMATA OF OUR HOLY FATHER ST. FRANCIS Feast
St. Robert Bellarmine, SJ, bishop and Doctor of the Church -or St. Hildegard of Bingen, OSB, virgin and Doctor of the Church
 

18. St. Joseph of Cupertino, OFM Conv, priest Memorial

 

19. St. Francis Mary of Camporosso, OFM Cap, religious Memorial (transferred from September 20 for Martyrs of Korea) St. Januarius (San Gennaro), bishop and martyr
 

20. SS. Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Paul Chong Ha-sang, and companions, Martyrs of Korea Memorial
 

21. ST. MATTHEW (LEVI), APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Feast

 

22. St. Ignatius of Santhia, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
 

23. St. Pio of Pietrelcina, OFM Cap (Padre Pio), priest Memorial
 

24. The Finding of the Body of Our Holy Mother St. Clare (II Order only?)
 

26. Bls. Aurelio of Vinalesa and companions, OFM Cap,

Martyrs of Valencia in the Spanish Civil War Memorial
(note: for Capuchin companions on these days, include those names in the Capuchin Litany, but
they need not to be said individually) St. Elzear and Bl. Delphina, spouses (III Order only) SS. Cosmas and Damian, martyrs
 

27. St. Vincent de Paul, priest, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

28. Bl. Innocent of Berzo, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
St. Wenceslaus, king and martyr -or- SS. Lawrence Ruiz and companions, martyrs of Nagasaki, Japan
 

29. SS. MICHAEL, GABRIEL, AND RAPHAEL, ARCHANGELS Feast
 

30. St. Jerome, priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial

OCTOBER

1. St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face, OCD (St. Therese of Lisieux), virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

2. The Holy Guardian Angels Memorial
 

3. St. Theodora Guerin (Mother Theodore), virgin
 

4. OUR HOLY FATHER ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, DEACON AND FOUNDER OF THE THREE ORDERS Solemnity

 

5. Commemoration of All the Departed of the Seraphic Order (All Franciscan Souls Day) Memorial
(Note: This can be transferred to any day between October 4 and the 1 st Sunday of Advent,
exclusive, provided that it does not fall on Sunday, a solemnity, feast, or obligatory memorial.)
[St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, virgin] (USA) Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, CSsR, priest and missionary
 

6. St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, virgin (III Order only) St. Bruno, abbot
 

7. Our Lady of the Rosary Memorial
 

9. SS. Denis, bishop, and companions, martyrs, St. John Leonardi, priest
 

10. SS. Daniel, priest, and companions, 2nd Martyrs of the Franciscan Order -or-Bl. Mary Angela Trsuzkowska, religious (III Order only)
 

11. St. John XXIII, pope, III Order Franciscan
 

12. St. Seraphin of Montegranaro, OFM Cap, religious Memorial
 

13. Bl. Honorat Kozminski of Biala, OFM Cap, priest Memorial Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima (1917)
 

14. St. Callistus I, pope and martyr
 

15. St. Teresa of Jesus, OCD (St. Teresa of Avila), virgin and Doctor of the Church Memorial

 

16. St. Hedwig, queen and religious, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
 

17. St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr Memorial
 

18. ST. LUKE, EVANGELIST Feast
 

19. (USA) SS. Jean de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues, and companions, SJ, martyrs of North America Memorial

 

20. Bl. James of Strepar, OFM, bishop (I Order)
Bl. Contardo Ferrini, layman (III Order only) or (USA) St. Paul of the Cross, CP, priest, III Order Franc.
 

21. Bl. Josephine Leroux, Poor Clare, virgin and martyr (II Order only)
 

22. (USA) St. Peter of Alcantara, OFM, priest (demoted from obligatory memorial for St. John Paul II)
St. John Paul II, pope
 

23. St. John of Capistrano, OFM, priest Memorial
 

24. St. Anthony Mary Claret, CMF, bishop, III Order Franciscan
 

25. Bls. Maria Jesus Massia Ferragut and companions,Capuchin Poor Clare

Martyrs of Valencia in the Spanish Civil War Memorial
(note: for Capuchin companions on these days, include those names in the Capuchin Litany, but
they need not to be said individually)
 

26. Bl. Bonaventure of Potenza, OFM Conv, religious (I Order)
 

28. SS. SIMON AND JUDE (THADDEUS), APOSTLES Feast
 

30. THE ANNIVERSARY OF DEDICATION OF CONSECRATED CHURCHES IN THE SERAPHIC ORDER
(ALL FRANCISCAN CHURCHES) Solemnity
 

31. St. Angelo (Angelus) of Acri, OFM Cap, priest Memorial
Vigil of All Saints

NOVEMBER

1. ALL SAINTS Solemnity
 

2. THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

(ALL SOULS DAY)
Franciscan Lent begins
 

3. St. Martin de Porres, OP, religious
 

4. St. Charles Borromeo, bishop, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

6. Bls. Andrew of Palazuelo and 32 companions, OFM Cap, Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
Bls. Federico da Berga e XXV and 25 Companions, O.F.M. Cap, Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War

Memorial
(note: for Capuchin companions on these days, include those names in the Capuchin Litany, but
they need not to be said individually)
 

7. Bl. Helen Enselmini, Poor Clare, virgin (II Order only) (USA) St. Didacus of Alcala, OFM, religious
 

8. Bl. John Duns Scotus, OFM, priest Memorial (for FFMs)

 

9. THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA (ST. JOHN LATERAN), ROME Feast
 

10. St. Leo the Great, pope and Doctor of the Church Memorial
 

11. St. Martin of Tours, bishop Memorial
 

12. St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr Memorial
 

13. (USA) St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (Mother Cabrini), virgin, III Order Franciscan Memorial
 

14. SS. Nicholas Tavelic and companions, OFM, martyrs Memorial
 

15. St. Albert the Great, OP, priest and Doctor of the Church
 

16. St. Margaret of Scotland, queen, St. Gertrude the Great, OSB, virgin
 

17. ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY, QUEEN AND RELIGIOUS, PATRONNESS OF THE FRANCISCAN THIRD ORDER Feast

 

18. The Dedication of the Basilicas of St. Peter and St. Paul, Rome, Bl. Salome of Krakow, Poor Clare, virgin (II Order only), (USA) St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, virgin
 

19. St. Agnes of Assisi, Poor Clare, virgin Memorial

21. The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Memorial
 

22. St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr Memorial
 

23. St. Clement I, pope and martyr, St. Columban, abbot, (USA) Bl. Miguel Agustin Pro, SJ, priest and martyr
 

24. SS. Andrew Dung-Lac and companions, martyrs of Vietnam Memorial
25. Bls. Luigi Beltrame Quattochi and Maria Corsini, spouses (III Order seculars only)
St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr
26. St. Leonard of Port Maurice, OFM, priest Memorial
27. St. Francis Anthony Fasani, OFM Conv, priest Memorial
28. St. James of the March, OFM, priest Memorial (for FFMs) (Capuchin Ordo demotes this to optional memorial)

29. ALL SAINTS OF THE SERAPHIC ORDER (ALL FRANCISCAN SAINTS) Feast
30. ST. ANDREW, APOSTLE Feast
(USA) 4 th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day
(The Mass can still be celebrated in place of obligatory memorials that fall on
this day.)
34TH AND LAST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME:
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE Solemnity
Sunday on or closest to November 30: 1 st Sunday of Advent

The new Liturgical Year begins.
 

DECEMBER

2. Bl. Maria Angela Astorch, Capuchin Poor Clare, virgin Memorial
3. St. Francis Xavier, SJ, priest and missionary Memorial
4. St. John Damascene, priest and Doctor of the Church
6. St. Nicholas, bishop
7. St. Ambrose, bishop and Doctor of the Church Memorial Vigil of the Immaculate Conception
8. THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
PATRONNESS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PATRONNESS OF THE DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND
PATRONNESS AND QUEEN OF THE SERAPHIC ORDER Solemnity

9. St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, layman [Ven. Fulton John Sheen]
11. St. Damasus I, pope
12. (USA) OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE, PATRONNESS OF THE AMERICAS Feast
13. St. Lucy, virgin and martyr Memorial
14. St. John of the Cross, OCD, priest and Doctor of the Church Memorial
15. Bl. Mary Frances Schervier, virgin (III Order only)
17-23: O Antiphons
21. St. Peter Canisus, SJ, priest and Doctor of the Church Commemoration
23. St. John of Kanty (St. John Cantius), priest Commemoration
24. Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Eve) Franciscan Lent ends with Vespers I of Christmas
25. THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS) Solemnity

December 25 to January 1: OCTAVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (CHRISTMAS)
26. ST. STEPHEN, DEACON AND THE FIRST MARTYR Feast
27. ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST Feast
 

28. THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRS Feast
 

29. St. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr Commemoration
 

31. St. Sylvester I, pope Commemoration
 

3rd Sunday of Advent: Gaudete Sunday
SUNDAY WITHIN THE OCATVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD:
THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH Feast
If there is no Sunday within the Octave, this is celebrated on Friday, December 30.